The performers are engaged in dancing the schottische. From Wordnik.com. [Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants] Reference
Look at the Highland schottische, where you spun round and howled, and the old galop to the tune. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
Okay, after 11 years I've only figured out how to do the Grand March and a schottische, but it's a start. From Wordnik.com. [Olympics, amateur athletes, disability and getting OUT THERE] Reference
Moving slowly along, behind the couples that began a schottische, he felt a tap on his arm, and, looking round, saw Miss Jensen. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
"The tambourine is such fun!" the dancers always said, who, out of breath from polka, or schottische, or galop, paused at his side. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
After a minuet had been paced to the gentle music of the lute and clavichord, a schottische succeeded to the martial skirl of the pipes. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Soft violin music from the distance, schottische time. From Wordnik.com. [Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger] Reference
Sarah Reeves, 19, dances the schottische with Ryder Cude, 15. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
And showed herself upset by what he had said, for she did a hop-schottische. From Wordnik.com. [The Poor Little Rich Girl] Reference
Julian put on another with a portentous nose, and then danced the schottische with. From Wordnik.com. [Memories of Hawthorne] Reference
I learned a lovely Highland schottische, too; and after I had seen others dancing the reels. From Wordnik.com. [The Heather-Moon] Reference
She is a very graceful dancer, and executes the schottische, polka or waltz with equal ease. From Wordnik.com. [Biographical Sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin, Surnamed the Two-Headed Nightingale, and the Eighth Wonder of the World.] Reference
When the game ended, they went back to the hall to reel and schottische until early morning. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Live music by Leon Olsen, specializing in Old Time Music: waltz, two-step, schottische, fox trot, and more. From Wordnik.com. [Postbulletin.com Local News] Reference
It is an important skill to master as the elements make up parts of the more advanced schottische motor skill. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
I liked to schottische with her; she had so much spring and variety, and was always putting in new steps and slides. From Wordnik.com. [My Antonia] Reference
Miss Lawrence for a schottische the glum LaHume stood by the door and looked as if he would rather fight than dance. From Wordnik.com. [John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life] Reference
In the 1840s several new dances made their appearance in the ballroom, including the polka, mazurka and the schottische. From Wordnik.com. [The Walton Tribune: News] Reference
They danced a quadrille, a mazurka, another quadrille, a schottische, the lancers, another quadrille, and another and another. From Wordnik.com. [The Man in Gray] Reference
To the sounds of a hired piano, all this little world danced the polka, waltzed, schottisched, -- they still schottische in Normandy. From Wordnik.com. [Femmes d'artistes. English] Reference
"The schottische, I think -- yes, the schottische," he replied nervously, noticing her lack of warmth and not understanding the cause. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy Square] Reference
Pauline, who was dancing the schottische, and led her speedily to the steps of the entrance, where the crowd was surging amid the flames. From Wordnik.com. [The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise] Reference
Gentlemen, select your partners for the Highland schottische! ". From Wordnik.com. [Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers] Reference
A schottische, and she turned to go; but a sudden impulse made Corliss step up to her. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of the Snows] Reference
Mary then said, "I'll play my favorite schottische, composed by our old friend, the Professor. From Wordnik.com. [Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"] Reference
The schottische and the valse-cosaque. From Wordnik.com. [Lieutenant Yergunov's Story] Reference
"She said she would decide later on whether to give you the reel or a schottische -- and she has. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy Square] Reference
Music, the schottische. From Wordnik.com. [Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants] Reference
Come now, Jean and dance a schottische with me. From Wordnik.com. [Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger] Reference
The schottische. From Wordnik.com. [Hearts] Reference
‘schottische’. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Waltz, mazurka, schottische, square dance, waltz. From Wordnik.com. [Look Back on Happiness] Reference
It is thoroughly French, bringing in the waltz, polka, schottische, mazurka, and redowa. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
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